“Imagine having a gorgeous new baby and calling her Winnie!”

[princessposy]

I remember giggling about this with a school friend when we were about 12/13. We were talking about what our grandmothers were called. Mine was Winnie; hers was Elsie. Circa 1993, we found it hilarious someone would call their babies Winnie and Elsie.

Just had a day out with the same friend and guess what her DD is called

(I doubt she remembers our conversation!)

I wonder if our DDs will find it hilarious someone once called their babies Jennifer, Laura and Michelle … probably.

We were out at the weekend and heard a Mum shouting for her child called Snow. Only thing was she had a very northern accent so it sounded like she was shouting Snore….. 😬

I have to say I love Elsie, and I like Winnie too, but I think of Winnie as a dog's name as there are so many dogs round my way called that! 😄

I wonder why Winnie is a popular dog name but not Elsie?

I have heard of babies called Autumn, Winter and Summer, it I can’t imagine anyone calling a baby Spring.

A ned is a chav in Scotland, so neddy means chavvy. Hope he never moves up here!

I had a lovely Auntie Winnie . I would be proud to call a child after her .Much better than the current trend for made up and misspelt names which the children will spend their whole lives correcting.

I feel the same about Lance - I just think “boil”.

I think Winnie is a dog’s name personally.

I don’t mind the old name trend but I don’t like nick names as first names and there are so many nicer names about than Winnie.

I can remember my Dad being outraged that a relative would call their baby something as ridiculous and pretentious as “Olivia”. 😄

I feel the same about Lucas = mucus. And more controversial Luke = puke (but that’s not as bad as Lucas)

April and May though I guess, and I suppose names like Flora and Daisy are spring … like 😅

It’s like the days of the week. The most popular names are Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday but never a Saturday!!

I was a student nurse in the middle 80s and one patient was a toddler called Stanley. It's probably unremarkable now but it was really far out in the 80s!

Some of the old fashioned names are lovely, but I hate Edna, Agatha, Winnie, Minnie etc. I was admiring a lovely chubby littl baby girl, asked Mum what she was called.....Winnie 😒

Winnie is better than the traditional name Winifred!

Winnie is just short for Winifred.

The name Olive has always conjured up Olive Oyl who was Popeye's girlfriend in the cartoon. I used to work with a lady called Olive who was the absolute opposite of the cartoon figure and was one of the nicest people I've ever worked with.

Still not keen on the name though.

There was a popular American actress called Spring Byington, and I always liked seeing her name appear in the credits of old movies.

There’s a Laura at my DC’s school, Which is lovely compared to the endless Evies and Olivias. There are a lot of adult Lauras and Sarahs so neither are too out there yet.

I’m not a fan of Winnie, or Olive or Elsie. There are soooo many Elsies! I don’t like ‘vintage’ names in general. Could be worse I guess.

I know a couple who called their recent baby Winnie.
Short for Winslow.

Imagine using Minnie these days though - it’s a childish word for your vulva!

Grrrlatrix My Stepdad thought the same about Imogen and Jemima ! Both totally normal names now

I named my dd (middle name) after my grandmother

Perfectly 'normal' fit-any-era name

The joke was,that if grandad had married her sister,she would have been name nancy

Nancy seemed so old fashioned and old lady back in 1997

'Its an old and naff name' (my mother's words)

Now,I fall over them daily-every other little girl is either Nancy,Olive,Elsie,Florence or Mabel

I also wanted leonard for ds but that name was really old fashioned (I gave it as a middle name and got a slightly strange look when I registered him)

I missed a trick as the next generation has produced a load of 'len' and 'lennie's'

Funny how names come back round-Joan is making a comeback (my aunt is a Joan and that seemed 'old' as a child) and in the last year ive met children called Brian,Alan,John,Sylvia, Dolly,Nellie and Dorothy

20 years ago,the parents wouldn't have gone near those names

Is Winnie at least short for Winifred? Could at least take Freddie as a nick name.

My granny was called Mary so she was fine but she and her best friend Betty were playing in the street when they were eight and a neighbour called them over and asked them to take her baby up to the church and get him christened. They asked what his name was and the mother said he didn’t have one yet so they could name him. They talked about it on the way, pushing the pram and agreed on Dennis.

My not-quite 100-year-old grandmother is Betty. You can imagine my surprise when I overheard a parent calling, "Betty!" and a small child came hurrying over!

For some strange reason, my entirely unrelated nickname was Florence. I got quite a few looks of pity for that one in my youth, but since Florence and the Machine came out, it's quite popular!

I like some of the old-fashioned name that aren't yet terribly popular, so if I have a son, I imagine he'll get similar looks.